The arrival of artificial intelligence is often met with fear of it becoming, among other things, this living sentient overlord, an all-encompassing algorithmic landlord over humanity. However, the early AI use cases are showing a far more empowering future — one that will actually create more jobs and opportunities for humans, not fewer.
That may seem like a shocking assertion, given the…
OpenAI wants teachers to use ChatGPT for education
September 1, 2023
It’s not only programming, journalism and content moderation that OpenAI is seeking to revolutionize with the use of its landmark large language models (LLM) GPT-3, GPT-3.5 and GPT-4.
Today, the company published a new blog post titled “Teaching with AI” that outlines…
Gong, the nine-year-old company focused on making technology that streamlines workflows for revenue teams across sectors, made news earlier this summer by introducing new generative AI-powered features to its customer conversation analysis platform, including gen AI…
IBM and Salesforce team up to bring AI tools to their shared clients
September 1, 2023
Big Blue is teaming with an even Bigger Blue to deliver AI solutions to clients.
Today, IBM and Salesforce announced they are joining forces to bring Salesforce AI solutions (Sales GPT, Service GPT, Salesforce Einstein, Slack GPT and Marketing GPT) to customers who do business with both companies.
Obviously, what Salesforce brings to the table is its popular and powerful customer relationship…
Meet Superframe, the AI startup that wants to be your copilot for revenue operations
September 1, 2023
Superframe, an AI-powered software company aiming to help businesses optimize their go-to-market technology stacks, announced today that it has raised $5 million in seed funding from more than 40 angel investors, including data and AI experts, Salesforce consultants and…
Pirros, a startup that applies AI to streamline drawing sets for buildings and infrastructure, lands $2 million seed round
September 1, 2023
Pirros, a technology platform that helps architecture and engineering firms manage their drawing sets more efficiently, announced today that it has raised a $2 million seed round from a group of investors and advisors with deep industry connections.
Notable contributors to…
With generative AI tools like ChatGPT proliferating across enterprises, CISOs have to strike a very difficult balance: Performance gains versus unknown risks. Gen AI is delivering greater precision to cybersecurity but also being weaponized into new attack tools such as FraudGPT that advertise their ease of use for the next generation of attackers.
Solving the question of performance versus risk…
Tel Aviv, Israel-based large language model (LLM) leader AI21 Labs confirmed with VentureBeat that it has has closed $155 million in series C funding to accelerate the growth of its text-based generative AI services for enterprises. The company is now valued at $1.4 billion.
Niantic rolls out GenAI tools for 8th Wall developers
August 31, 2023
Niantic announced this week that it is introducing new generative AI developer tools to its 8th Wall platform. More specifically, it’s adding GenAI modules to 8th Wall that make it easier for developers to streamline their processes. Devs can use these tools to incorporate…
Confirm raises $6.2 million to bring generative AI and network analysis to performance reviews
August 31, 2023
Does anybody like hearing the phrase, “It’s performance review season, again”?
In most organizations where this author has ever worked (and he has worked at many), neither managers nor employees particularly relished the process of giving and receiving performance reviews.
Still, many companies insist on them as a way of evaluating their talent and ensuring that high performers are rewarded…
